Veep Season 7 is here and I can't help but make my predictions of what will happen to my favorite one-true-pairing from the TV show: Selina and Gary.
Selina is the vice president of the US and Gary is her personal assistant. Selina does not love Gary the way the latter loves her. However, there is a closeness between them even though it reeks abuse and co-dependency in Selina's side. And obsessiveness and unreciprocated love in Gary's. Their relationship is clearly toxic. But because it is a comedy TV show and one of them is happy to be with his abuser, as viewers and fans, we can't help but hope that the abuser will change so that they will become a decent couple. Even though in real life, we would much prefer to break them up.
In other pairings on the show, there is sex. But with Gary and Selina, there is none. However, in Veep, sex is seen as something other than beautiful.
Sex leads to problems. For example, when Amy and Dan hook up, the former gets pregnant which worries her. Selina also got a pregnancy scare in the earlier seasons which is a PR problem for her because as vice president, she can't have an abortion or have a swelling belly when she isn't married. She forces her secret boyfriend to marry her which he disagrees with, so she decided to break off with him. Eventually, Selina's pregnancy became a miscarriage. But the events that transpired affected her negatively.
Sex is desperation. Dan has sex with Amy's sister because he thinks he'll get a job on CBS. This C-story ends with Dan finding out that Amy's sister works for CVS and not CBS.
Sex is a weapon. In one episode, Selina has angry sex with her ex-boyfriend and nemesis, Tom James. While in their lovemaking, Selina was the dominant one and it was a power play to her.
And finally, corporating sex in your personality to be more favorable and popular, usually backfires. Especially if you are running to be a congressman. I am talking about Jonah Ryan.
Interestingly in the show, when the characters want to use sex for a good purpose, it does not deliver. For example, with Mike and Wendy, they wanted to have a biological child but sex does not deliver. They had to use a surrogate and adoption.
Of course, Gary wants to have sex with Selina. And unlike with most of the characters on the show, it's because he truly loves her and he wants to do it consensually.
But after watching Season 7: Episode 4, it looks like it is not going into that direction. In one episode, Selina misses Gary but is so dependent on him even though he is trying to recover from a heart attack at the hospital.
No, it has been clear for a long time that Gary and Selina will never be a couple. However, the co-dependency will still continue because the producers say that Gary will definitely never leave Selina. If this is real life and for Gary's sake, I hope he will someday. But I have a feeling if the impossible happens, that Gary will leave her, I have a feeling that these two non-married "married" couples will be back together before the season is over.
I can easily picture Selina growing old with Gary still serving her. Kind of like the old pathetic actress and her loyal butler in Sunset Boulevard, but hopefully not as bleak. In season 5, Gary recounts the days when he and Selina used to travel to many exotic places. As a fan, I hope that would happen when Selina decides to finally retire from public life. And maybe during that time, Selina can finally confess that she truly loves him, even at least on her deathbed. And Gary may finally be confident to say that he already knows that. That's love even without even giving a passionate kiss.
